dipis
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English DPs, an initialism of displaced persons.
Pronunciation
Noun
dipis m pers
- (historical) displaced person (term used by the Allies for people who as a result of the war, found themselves outside their country and want to either return to their country or find a new homeland, but without assistance cannot do so)
- 2000, Jan Rydel, "Polska okupacja" w północno-zachodnich Niemczech, 1945-1948: nieznany rozdział stosunków polsko-niemieckich:
- Tego rodzaju nadzwyczajne regulacje w dziedzinie opieki nad dipisami byłymi jeńcami rzeczywiście leżały w kompetencji dowództw korpusów i stosowane były również przez wiele innych dowództw alianckich.
- Such extraordinary regulations in the field of care for displaced persons and former prisoners of war were indeed within the competence of corps commands and were also applied by many other Allied commands.
Declension
Declension of dipis
Further reading
- dipis in Polish dictionaries at PWN